Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report released recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
